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Page 9 • The Battalion
Moon heads to court on abuse charges
□ The quarterback
said he is confident
that everything will
work out for him.
RICHMOND, Texas (AP) —
Warren Moon heads to court
Tuesday to face a spousal abuse
charge pursued by prosecutors
despite pleas from the quarter
back’s wife to drop the case.
The misdemeanor domestic
violence case has taken several
different turns in the seven
months since Moon’s panicked
7-year-old son Jeffrey placed a
911 call to police.
With trial set to begin before
Fort Bend County Court-At-
Law Judge Larry Wagenbach,
it has become a test of wills be
tween Moon, who has refused
to enter a guilty plea, and pros
ecutors who have threatened to
put his wife, Felicia, and son on
the witness stand.
“I’m very confident that it’s
going to work out okay,” Moon,
looking relaxed, said Sunday
while attending the NBA All-
Star game in San Antonio.
Felicia Moon repeatedly has
pleaded with Fort Bend County
prosecutor John Healey to drop
the misdemeanor assault
charge, saying Healey is using
his authority to take a private
family matter public.
Healey refused to divulge
how many times he has gone
ahead with a domestic violence
case despite a victim’s refusal
to press charges.
“I am not in the habit of go
ing through our records and
computers to answer general
questions,” Healey said.
Moon has admitted that he
“lost control” during an argu
ment with Felicia Moon last
July 18, but his lawyer says
the Minnesota Vikings star he
has rejected several plea
offers.
“They want a trial. We’re go
ing to have a trial,” lawyer
Rusty Hardin said. “I just can
not live with somebody walking
in and pleading guilty to some
thing he’s not guilty of.”
The Moons and their four chil
dren have kept their primary
residence in
Missouri City
in Fort Bend
County, just
south of Hous
ton, ever since
his days as a
quarterback
with the Hous
ton Oilers.
The county,
which boasts
several high-
income hous
ing develop
ments, is a favorite among
sports celebrities. Hakeem Ola-
juwon and several other mem
bers of the Houston Rockets
live in it.
On the day of the attack, Fe
licia Moon — a former board
member for a Fort Bend County
women’s shelter — told police
her husband struck her on the
Moon
head with an open hand and
choked her to the point of los
ing consciousness.
She broke free and fled in
her car. Moon pursued in a
chase that reportedly reached
speeds of 100 mph.
Felicia Moon said she evad
ed her husband and returned
to their home, where police
were waiting.
In the seven months of back-
and-forth court filings, Felicia
Moon has asked that the mat
ter be dropped. She has said, in
court papers, that she plans to
invoke her Fifth Amendment
rights if called to testify.
Prosecutors have said they
intend to grant Felicia Moon
immunity from prosecution,
forcing her to testify. If she re
fuses, she could be jailed on a
contempt charge.
Prosecutors also have threat
ened to force Jeffrey Moon, now
8, to testify. He and the cou
ple’s housekeeper, Elena Marie
Morales, were the only witness
es to the incident.
Lobo big
at ESPYs
Seahawks not gone yet
□ Paul Tagliabue said a
move to Los Angeles
can be stopped.
LONDON (AP) — NFL com
missioner Paul Tagliabue reiter
ated his objection Monday to the
Seattle Seahawks’ proposed move
to Los Angeles and said he be
lieves it can be stopped.
“We told the Seattle people last
week that we thought they should
be operating exclusively in the
Pacific Northwest,
which is where they
are franchised to
operate and that it
was inappropriate
for them even to be
practicing in South
ern California,”
Tagliabue said
Monday during a
promotional stop.
Seahawks own
er Ken Behring, who has cited
alleged concerns about earth
quakes in Seattle, is contract
ing for the Rams’ former prac
tice facility in Anaheim.
Tagliabue noted that owners,
including Behring, passed a
resolution last year giving the
NFL control over the team that
moves into the Los Angeles
market. He also stressed that
the Seahawks’ lease with the
Kingdome expires in 2005.
Asked whether Seattle’s
move could be blocked, he said:
“I think it’s possible to stop
them,” Tagliabue said. “We had a
specific resolution that the mem
bership adopted, and Seattle voted
for it, relative to Los Angeles.
“They have a lease for the
next 11 years with their stadi
um in Seattle. And if they have
a legitimate safety issue which
the courts uphold, then the
lease is a different question.
Until that court case is decided,
they are under a lease obliga
tion to operate in Seattle.
“They’re under an
obligation with their
franchise agreement
with the league to op
erate in Seattle.”
The Seahawks
could become the
fifth NFL franchise
to change cities in
the last year. The
Raiders and the
Rams left Los Ange
les last year, the NFL last week
approved the move of Art Mod-
ell’s team from Cleveland to
Baltimore and the Houston Oil
ers plan to play next season in
Tennessee.
Tagliabue spoke during and
after a lunch of the American
Chamber of Commerce in Lon
don. He is visiting Europe to
promote the World League, a
six-team developmental league
backed by the NFL and the Fox
television network.
Weaver may play Arena ball
Ripken,
winners
□ Houston's Hakeem
Olajuwon won the
NBA Player of the Year.
NEW YORK (AP) — Cal Rip
ken Jr. and Rebecca Lobo each
won two ESPY Awards on Mon
day night, including top male
and female athlete honors.
Ripken, who broke Lou
Gehrig’s record for consecutive
games played, won the Show-
stopper of the Year award as
well as Male Athlete of the
Year. Ripken’s 2,131st
straight game was the show-
stopper winner.
“You have to excuse me. I
have the sniffles and a scratchy
throat,” Ripken said with a sly
smile. “Good thing it’s the off
season, because I don’t think I
could play with this.
year, wap such a great
celebration, j.have had time to
sit back and reflect what hap
pened and I actually can admit
I enjoyed the process. We all got
a chance to celebrate baseball.
Baseball is a great game and I
think we rebounded.”
Lobo, who led Connecticut to
the NCAA championship, was
selected Femnle Athlete of the
Year and the bes„ women’s col
lege basketball player.
The outstanding team was
Lobo’s Connecticut Huskies,
who went undefeated in taking
the NCAA title.
“I play a team sport, so I am
basically just here representing
them,” Lobo said.
Voting for performers of
the year in the various sports
was done by players, coaches
and administrators in those
sports.
A panel of 10 ESPN employ
ees selected the winners of
overall awards such as top
athletes. ESPN viewers chose
the winners in 10 video award
categories.
Awards were presented in 34
categories, including 17 per
former of the year selections. A
portion of the proceeds will be
donated to The V foundation,
established at the inaugural
ESPYs in 1993 by Jim Valvano,
the late coach at North Caroli
na State, to help raise funds for
cancer research.
Michael Jordan won the
comeback award, then was com
ically interrogated by comedian
Bill Murray, who asked Jordan
whether he deserved the NBA
All-Star game award he won
the previous day over Shaquille
O’Neal and the comeback award
over Monica Seles.
Jordan thanked Murray for
putting him
on the spot,
then told
Murray not to
call him for
tickets this
year.
The out-
standing
coach-manager
was Gary Bar
nett, the foot
ball coach at Olajuwon
Northwestern.
“We more or
less captured the hearts of the
people of America,” Barnett said.
Dodgers rookie pitcher
Hideo Nomo, the first Japan
ese player to have an impact
in the major leagues, was the
breakthrough athlete. He
thanked ESPN, the Dodgers,
his family, teammates and
the United States.
Honored for his performance
under pressure was goaltender
Martin Brodeur, who led the
New Jersey Devils to the Stan
ley Cup.
Individual sports winners were
Hakeem Olajuwon (pro basket
ball), Brett Favre (pro football),
Greg Maddux (pro baseball), Eric
Lindros (pro hockey), Eddie
George (college football), Ed
O’Bannon (college basketball),
Corey Pavin (men’s golf), Annika
Sorenstam (women’s golf), Pete
Sampras (men’s tennis), Steffi
Graf (women’s tennis), Jeff Gor
don (auto racing), Michael John
son (men’s track and field), Kim
batten (women’s track and field),
Roy Jones Jr. (boxing), Jerry Bai
ley (jockey) and Mike Aulby
(bowling).
The Arthur Ashe Award for
Courage went to Loretta Clai
borne, a Special Olympics ath
lete who has excelled in several
sports, most notably the
marathon.
□ The UT player who
used the alias of Ron
McKelvey will try out
for the Texas Terror.
HOUSTON (AP) — Ron
Weaver, who used the alias Ron
McKelvey so he could play foot
ball at the University of Texas,
may be heading back to the
Lone Star State to continue his
playing career.
Weaver spoke Monday by
telephone with John Paul
Young, the head coach of the
new Arena League franchise in
Houston.
“I have no problem with Hous
ton or coming back to Texas,”
Weaver told KRIV-TV. “I don’t
want (Young) or the team to get
any bad press. I just want to play
football with whoever gives me
the opportunity.”
Weaver said he also is being
pursued by Arena teams in San
Jose and Anaheim. He’ll work
out with them before having a
tryout in Houston.
“If he’s a good enough player,
he’s eligible here,” Young said.
“He seemed very interested. He
was wondering if the people
would throw stones at him if he
came back to Texas and I assured
him all is forgiven.
“He would be welcomed with
open arms if he made the team
and comes back.”
Weaver’s scheme unraveled
a day before Texas played Vir
ginia Tech on Dec. 31 in the
Sugar Bowl.
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